Bernardo Villela is like a mallrat except at the movies. He is a writer, director, editor and film enthusiast who seeks to continue to explore and learn about cinema, chronicle the journey and share his findings.

2017 BAM Award Shortlists

What stood out in award categories was then tracked on a spreadsheet. A field filled out (e.g. Daniel Kaluuya Get Out for Best Actor) is one consideration.

The considerations in each category are tallied and if there are are enough, based on the number on nominees I’ll include, a shortlist is created. These lists are below.

NOTE: Categories with too few considerations will go straight to nominations and will not have a shortlist.

Being a committee of one mistakes are possible. These shortlists are not set in stone but very close.

Possible changes to the shortlists that may affect the nomination will be made due to: a) films viewed for the first time from 12/24-12/31 that qualify and b) gross omissions, which I don’t anticipate but are possible.

Nominees will be announced on 1/2/2018 and winners announced on 1/9/2018.